Blacks Now Finishing High School at Record Levels
Written by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent
12 March 2015
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After 30 years of little to no progress, Black youth are completing high school at the highest rates in history.
This is the finding in a new issue brief titled, “Young Black ... read more >>

Edwards to seek Maryland Senate seat
Written by Associated Press
12 March 2015
Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., smiles after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that Edwards will become co-chair of the House Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee with Rep. Rosa ... read more >>

Selma, 50 years later
Written by Amen Oyiboke Staff Writer; Danielle Cralle Contributing Writer
12 March 2015
The Walk for Freedom that turned into Bloody Sunday
The Obama family join hands as they begin the march with the foot soldiers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence ... read more >>

This Week in Black History (March 12-18)
Written by Amen Oyiboke, Staff Writer
12 March 2015
(Virginia Hamilton)
March 12
1934- Multi-Award winning children’s book author Virginia Hamilton was born in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Hamilton is known for her book “M.C. Higgins, the Great,” book ... read more >>

Sentinel Celebrates 82nd Year
Written by Jennifer Bihm, Staff Writer
12 March 2015
"I always say that the [Los Angeles] Sentinel is like a family," former publisher Ruth Washington told The Los Angeles Times in 1981. "By that I mean it belongs to us and it belongs to the people, just ... read more >>

Ford’s Relatives File Lawsuit in State Court
Written by City News Service
12 March 2015
(courtesy photo)
The parents of a man who was fatally shot by police in South Los Angeles filed a civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit – this time in state court -- alleging Ezell Ford was killed ... read more >>

This Week in Black History (March 5-11)
Written by Amen Oyiboke, Staff Writer
05 March 2015
(Leontine T.C. Kelly, far right second to last)
March 5
1920- Leontine T.C. Kelly, the first female African American bishop within the Methodist denomination, was born in Washington, D.C.
March ... read more >>

Inglewood Stadium Plan Under Attack
Written by Kenneth D. Miller, Assistant Managing Editor
05 March 2015
Mayor Butts Blasts AEG Backed Report
(courtesy photo)
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts continued to support the approved $2 Billion stadiums plan on the site of the former Hollywood Park racetrack this ... read more >>